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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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