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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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