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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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