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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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