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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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