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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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