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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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