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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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