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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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