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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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