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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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