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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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