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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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