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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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