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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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