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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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