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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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