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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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