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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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