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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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