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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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