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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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