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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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