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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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