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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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