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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key 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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