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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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