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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)