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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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