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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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