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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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