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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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