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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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