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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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