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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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