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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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