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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. 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 customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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