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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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