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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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