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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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