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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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