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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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