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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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