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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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