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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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