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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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