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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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