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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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