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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies 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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