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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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