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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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