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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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