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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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