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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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