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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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