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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants 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 MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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