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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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