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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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