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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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