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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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