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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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