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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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