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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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