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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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