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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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