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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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