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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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