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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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