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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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