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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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