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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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