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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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