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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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