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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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