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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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