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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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