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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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