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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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