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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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