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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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