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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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