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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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