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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major 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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