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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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