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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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