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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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