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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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