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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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