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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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