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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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