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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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