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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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