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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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