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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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