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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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