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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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