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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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