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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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