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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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