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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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