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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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