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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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