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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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