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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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