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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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