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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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