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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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