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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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