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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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