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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses 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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