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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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