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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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