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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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