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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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