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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge 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 topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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