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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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