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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major 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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