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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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