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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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