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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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