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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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