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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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