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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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