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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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