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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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