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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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