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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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