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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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