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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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