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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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