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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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