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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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