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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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