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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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