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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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