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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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