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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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