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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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