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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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