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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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