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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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