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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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