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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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