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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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