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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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