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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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