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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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