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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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