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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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