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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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