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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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