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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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