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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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