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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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