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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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