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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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