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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are normally 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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