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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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