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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly 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 new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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