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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses 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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