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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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