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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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