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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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