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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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