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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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