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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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