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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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