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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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