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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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