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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important 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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