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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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