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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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