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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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