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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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