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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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