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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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