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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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