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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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