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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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