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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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