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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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