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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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