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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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