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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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