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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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