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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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