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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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