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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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