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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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