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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important 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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