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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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