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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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