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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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