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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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