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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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