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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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