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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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