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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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