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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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