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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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