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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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