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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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