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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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