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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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