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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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