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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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