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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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