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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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