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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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