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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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