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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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