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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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