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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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