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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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