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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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