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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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