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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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