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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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