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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the 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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