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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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