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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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