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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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