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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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