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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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