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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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