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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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