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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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