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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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