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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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