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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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