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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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