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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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