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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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