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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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