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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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