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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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