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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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