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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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