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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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