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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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