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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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