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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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