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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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