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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies 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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