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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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