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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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