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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What 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 educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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