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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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