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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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