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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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