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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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