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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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