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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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