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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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