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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses 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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