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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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