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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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