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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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