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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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