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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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