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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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