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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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