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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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