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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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