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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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