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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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