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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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