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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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