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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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