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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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