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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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