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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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