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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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