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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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