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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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