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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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