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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)