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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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