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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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