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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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