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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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