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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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