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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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