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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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