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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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