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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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