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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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