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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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