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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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