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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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