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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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