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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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