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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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