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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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