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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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