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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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