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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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