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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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