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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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