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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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