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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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