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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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