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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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