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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. 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 mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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