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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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