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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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