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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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