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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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