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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting 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 interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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