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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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