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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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