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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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