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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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