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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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