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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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