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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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