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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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