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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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