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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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