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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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