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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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