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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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