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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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