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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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