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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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