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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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