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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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