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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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