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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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