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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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