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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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