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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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