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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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