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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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