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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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