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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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