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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key 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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