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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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