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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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