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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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