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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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