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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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