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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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