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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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