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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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