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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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