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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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