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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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