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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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