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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key 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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