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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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