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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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