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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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