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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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