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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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