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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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