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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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