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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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