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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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