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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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