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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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