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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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