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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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