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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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