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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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