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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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