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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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