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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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