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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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