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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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