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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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