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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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