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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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