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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes 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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