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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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