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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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