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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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