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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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