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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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