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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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