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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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