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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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