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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants 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. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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