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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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