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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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