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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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