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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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