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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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