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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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