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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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