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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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