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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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