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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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