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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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