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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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