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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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