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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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