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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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