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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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