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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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