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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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