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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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