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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key 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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