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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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