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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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