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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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