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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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