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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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