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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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