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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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