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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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