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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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