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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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