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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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