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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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