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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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