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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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