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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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