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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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