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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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