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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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