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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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