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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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