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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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