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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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