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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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