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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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