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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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