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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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