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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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