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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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