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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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