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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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