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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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