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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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