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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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