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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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