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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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