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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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