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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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