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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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