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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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