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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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