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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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