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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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