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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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