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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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