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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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