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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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