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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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