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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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