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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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