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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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