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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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