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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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