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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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