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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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