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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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