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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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