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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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