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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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