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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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