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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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