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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors 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 teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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