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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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