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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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