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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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