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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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