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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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