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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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