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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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