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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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