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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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