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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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