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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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