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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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