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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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