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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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