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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses 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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