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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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