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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge 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 dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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