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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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