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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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