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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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