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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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