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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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