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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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