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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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