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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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