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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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