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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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