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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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