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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with 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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