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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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