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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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