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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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