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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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