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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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