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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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