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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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