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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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