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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major 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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