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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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