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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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