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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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