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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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