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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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