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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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