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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free 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 several topics that online education organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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