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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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