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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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