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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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